What is Daoism?
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- One of the main religious traditions in China - Daoism - is the subject of this video. We go deep into the origins, main writings and later development of the religion, and its connection to other traditions.
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Sources/Further Reading:
Komjathy, Louis (2013). "The Daoist Tradition: An Introduction". Bloomsbury Academic.
Lao Tzu (2013). "Tao Te Ching - A New Translation. Translated by William Scott Wilson. Shambala Publications. Hackett Publishing Co, Inc.
Zhuangzi (2008). "Zhuangzi - The Essential Texts: With Translations from Traditional Commentaries". Translated by Brook Ziporyn.
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you are doing the world a great service and you are an excellent teacher. may you prosper.
Nothing like the Dow Jones.
Agree, the objectivity of this channel is unparalleled and I am always amazed that the information is so succinct and neatly packaged.
this is a satire channel.
Dow Jones..great pun..sir..lol
Thought it was spelled with a T. Pronounced with a D.
As Chinese,your video is really amazing.Daoism in Chinese 道德经，is simple also complicated, a lot of ancient people use whole life to practice Dao.It actually influenced the way we think. Chinese people always say "Let it be. Keep mind like nature.Do not force to do something impossible.", something like this.
其实和佛家讲的差不多，终极目标都是虚无之境衍生出物理世界。 阴阳五行都是由一点衍生出去的。
@@user-zs1un7lj3l with all due respect...thats just a vague platitude that is utterly meaningless
@@Mikhail.Tolstykh you simply do not get it... unforch
@@user-zs1un7lj3l 跟佛教区别大了去了，你看到的汉传佛教是被道教儒教严重影响了的所谓儒释道一体，南传小乘和原始佛教根本是印度教的底子，四大皆空，无我无性，涅槃寂灭，你看了印度教的经典就很容易理解。
Lao-tze was just trying to get away from his overly burdensome Chinese wife!
The concept of Wu-Wei is often misunderstood as "inaction" when its true meaning is probably "exerting a powerful impact through minimum effort." It's kinda similar to the martial art Aikido where you don't fight the enemy, you use their own momentum against them.
@@PieterPeter-ud7wf perfect comment
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I think the translation I have heard more is "non-governing" as opposed to "inaction". Which relates to a lack of an ego based origin for your actions
No, it means an action which is not the activity of the self.
@@heinmolenaar6750 It's action through the self, as opposed to through the ego. Lack of forcefulness.
I'm heavily impressed (as an multilinguist) by your pronouncetion skills and high level background knowledge and thematic preparation.
Respect, sir!
Multilinguist...
It's poliglot...
@@Untilitpases
Latin multi - means "many"
Lingua- means "tongue or language"
Polyglot is the Greek version
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilingualism#:~:text=Multilingualism%20is%20the%20use%20of,by%20a%20group%20of%20speakers.&text=People%20who%20speak%20several%20languages,called%20first%20language%20(L1).
@@Untilitpases I love how you tried to be rude to someone who’s ESL and *they* taught you something
Yeah
#Eat5StarDoNothing
You know, we do notice your efforts with the various languages you get to pronounce on here. Skål!
Skål?
@@toresanderify it's basically our term for cheers
I don't think so! Not with the Indian languages😂
.. I prefer Wade - Giles when reading, though...
He was pronouncing the Arabic names very correct in a video i watched last week
56 “ Those who know don’t talk,
Those who talk don’t know.”
Thank you 🙏🏽☺️ for this lovely video.
so you do not know. because you talk.
No one here knows
My interpretation or 2 cents worth: preachers/teachers, etc. aren't the ones with the most/highest(?) knowledge, but the quiet/meek who live the truth they've earned with dedication. They keep the good stuff. You have to work for yours.
“While her disappointed Sister looked on, / Quiet as the snow, knowing well: / Those who know don't talk / And those who talk don't know“ - mewithoutYou
@@muhammadsidik5281 she was quoting what others have said
"Water's virtue is that it benefits all creatures, but contends with none"
- A man who has clearly never been to Florida
Or Bangladesh or the Netherlands that is!
Don't take an analogy too far...
I think anyone who thinks that water is fighting with them is having a bit of an ego, but I can't deny that the spirit of Florida is to self intoxicate and fight god.
Here. Read something informative, and stop taking an analogy too far.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu_the_Great
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River#Dynamics
@@chendaforest ... And sometimes it's a joke and your interjection of "wisdom" is cringe because you completely misunderstood.
Tao Te Ching is one of the greatest books in the world. 🙏
Please tell me why and try to be specific.
@@GeertMeertens there is nothing special about this book. why even bother to read it?
@@GeertMeertens because the Word "Greatest" means, in this case, that The book has given specific understanding to Vasuki. And the way of gratitude Vasuki kindly wrote "Greatest". Surely you don't have a "Greatest" book, I sincerely wish you find yours📚
@@Manwendlil A book that has been translated into more languages than any other book than the Bible might bear checking out.
@@GeertMeertens It can't be specific when tlaking about the Tao, sorry
I was introduced to Vedanta through this channel and since have pursued a study of the Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahma Sutras. While watching this I ordered the Tao texts you mentioned. Love this channel!
May I ask what motivated you read to these texts?
@@niravsavla1470 becoz it's interesting
Do try yo read the book of Montheostic religion Oam i.e. Quran as well.
I felt that the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita share a lot in common with the Tao Te Ching. But the Tao Te Ching has a remarkable style which is unique and kind of blows your mind. I started telling people "The Brahman that can be discussed, is not the real Brahman" :) taking from the opening of the Tao, but replacing "Doa" with "Brahman"
@@janakakumara3836ken upanishad makes similar claims where it discusses how Brahman is beyond speech, thought and pran but is the source of all these things.
I think most regular secular westerners like me took more of an interest in Eastern traditions than in Abrahamic ones.Now I'm finally learning about Abrahamic ones.But reading Daoism in my youth has probably been the most helpful school of thought for understanding my place in the universe and how to deal with life's challenges.
I agree completely, and am also only now learning about the Abrahamic religions. Very glad to have my basis in the Tao; I feel I see things clearer than I did before, and I can better find capital-T Truth hidden within the other traditions of the world
I believe most secular westerners like you did not have access to over 90% of texts about taoism that exists now. In fact the mainstream face of Taoism in the west is nothing that resembles the taoism that created a very strong religion controlled government for almost 2000 years (ending in 1911).
Do you agree that there seem to be paralels between the reaction Daoism was to confusionism and the reaction Christianity was to Judeism.
I watch your videos every night and I must say that I've become addicted to them! They are so Insightful and you present them in such a calm and neutral manner that keeps my interest going. Please keep up the good work!
What makes "dao" (or "Tao") such a perfect term is that its original meaning of "way" allows for more metaphoric extensions not only to "tradition" or "school of thought", but also "method" and "process", which could be used to refer to anything from the most complex (eg. procedures for avoiding cross-contamination) to the most mundane (eg. "how to boil an egg"). The various martial arts use the same character in their name. The "do" in "Aikido", for example," is "dao".
Thus the word "dao" itself encompasses all the dualities and apparent contradictions of its own teaching:
"The Dao that can be named is not the eternal Dao... ".
incisively put!
There is a book written by Mr Toshihiko Izutsu comparing Taoism and Sufism
Thank you very much for the video🙏
I have often marvelled at the beauty of Sufism🙂
@@SuperStargazer666 Yes it's very intresting!
@@pimpomism soft islam
@@hajorm.a3474 more like more spiritual not necessarily soft just like ig protestants aren’t necessarily soft in their dogma or history
dude ,you guys see anyone other than anyone taking about Islam ?? islam was so good that it always create extremism world wide.
thank you for your efforts. I have always had trouble reading, my brain doesnt like to listen to my eyes. It prefers to listen to my ears. I have learned most of what I know in person, through my own experience. The books and topics you take the precious time to speak so well, are much appreciated by me. Thank you truly. George.
It looks like the truth is inside all of us, and most of the thinkers, philosophies and religions to their core points to same concepts, I see Dao/Tao has very similar concepts as of Stoicism and Oneness in Sufism, Hinduism, Sikhism etc.
I agree. Words whatever language they come from are all ultimately abstractions. My take is that what we are all witnessing is eternal being (the mind of god) via thought, feeling and perception and these traditions help express the beauty of this mystery via their scripture, poetry, art and various practices.
True. There is something change less no matter what name it takes.
Exactly. Not sure of Sufism though.
I was just thinking the same thing -- there seem to be two basic strains: finding oneness with a "god" which is completely ineffable; we are already "that"; there is only that and everything appears within that; or everything that appears to be appearing within that is illusory. I really like the way this instructor brings out these strains in thought thought the various lectures on different 'religions" or strains thereof. Perhaps one could say it is his unconscious bias or maybe his conscious bias but as a sort of Daoist/Advaitan/Yogi/Jew (ok, that's funny) I am always reaching in my heart for this ultimate oneness. Religion is not about an old man with a long beard sitting on a throne or about the thirty two thousand personal hindu gods, so forth and so on. All the dogma and structure is originally intended to be the stairways to heaven, so to speak. Reductionist thinkers who don't know anything about religion stop with the altar and start with the mocking.
Ultimately it is about truth, about union with the divine, about approaching our own higher selves. We all know, deep down, that whatever we are doing on this planet as people is some sort of masquerade, and perhaps, ultimately, it is this everyday life we live that is the ultimate mystery which can never be understood. Some think this human life is only a mechanism we are gifted with to help us reach "truth". I just had to comment because your remark rang a bell. Peace.
Stoicism isn’t a religion
I know nothing of this until i watched this video. It sounds a lot like “following your gut”, committing to it and letting it lead you is a good way of following, finding or experiencing a shimmer of dao.
You pretty much have it. Yes your gut is kind of exactly it. But most importantly, it's trying to re-teach or to give you a little enlightenment to how you, your mind, as well as others around you and the universe it self works. Once u can see in your mind eye the WAY, then you will be on a new path of being
Brilliant and deeply thought provoking stuff. Thank you for the colossal share. Love and respect to you and all the travelers who arrive and have arrived here.
Fantastic video and introduction with specific, clear information! The drawings and paintings make this video a joy to watch :)
Thank you for such detailed well researched and well presented videos. I am learning a lot from you. This is a great service to humanity.
Absolutely incredible work! Thank you so much for making this video :)
The music in this episode is spectacular!
Agreed, I’d love to know the name of the track
Yeah
@@DrHouseMusic All the music used in the channel is produced by Filip (Let's Talk Religion) himself :)
my hardback copy of the complete Zhuangzi is one of my most treasured literary possessions, along with my collection of Dogen, so I felt your joy in describing it. it's just phenomenal.
the painting of Confucius, Laozi, and the Buddha just chilling together as Philosophy Buddies is so wholesome.
Good stuff - powerful and refined thinking/action.
This is appreciated. You are very well educated and relay the knowledge in a most understandable way, so Thanks!
I had to stop in the middle to say the *images are stunning*! Some of them literally stop my mind and they are so evocative of the topic, of course. But there are millions of images out there and whoever does the artwork and graphics always does a great job but this is wowza!!!
I see many similarities between the way that Chinese people approach religions and philosophy with the way that Ancient Romans did. I mainly refer to the sincretism and blurriness between all the different religions, supertitious beliefs and schools of thought. It would actually be a very interesting topic for a video.
By the way, cheers for your channel. I just discovered it two days ago and I'm loving it. Keep it up! Greetings from Spain.
Thanks your . Chinese traditional culture is a great culture. But because of the Communist Party speech control and all kinds of control. These cultural heritages are in danger
@@user-bl3is9cx2rthe communists admitted that the cultural revolution was a mistake and now embrace their cultural roots (see the Beijing opening Olympics)
If anything the danger to traditional culture are westerners looting and destroying China like what happened to the old summer palace
It's the same in India. It's the same anywhere. The only outlier are Judeism, Christianity and Islam.
Sir, you are making excellent presentations. Taoism is close to my heart, so thank you!
I would translate Dao not "a way", but "The Way". The way cannot be named, but if named, it becomes a parent of thousand things.
We all follow the way, and yet we deviate from it. Perhaps this contradiction is what sets human beings apart from the rest of nature?
Whether Lao Tzu existed factually is not so important, important is that he was so right.
Learning so much from your channel. Thanks for all your hard work and research.
It’s a beautiful philosophy/religion :)
It's very chill and mellow
It is not a religion because it does not encourage a belief in an entity. I took Taoism and Buddhism in college. It is a wonderful philosophy.
@@Haywood2 Western culture has this tendency to avoid calling Eastern religions, religions, in the hopes of legitimizing it in the hyper-materialistic western mindset. This is problematic, as he said earlier in the video
@@Haywood2 But it does... It encourages Belief in ‘heaven’ which was seen as the place of the divine.
@@trneighty5941
Yeah. Christianity also has a complete philosophical framework more than just biblical revelation.
Incredible book of knowledge...changed my way of "being" unbelievably it has been my way of "being" before I studied world philosophy and religions.I believe it's the true path to peace within our souls.
You must be a infj personality type!?
Time: 5:25 : not quite. I have read a dozen prominent Chinese academics on Tao de jing in CHINESE and the common consensus in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China is that the book was written by a single person. Some of the texts were edited later when competition with Confucianism exploded in Han dynasty, but over the last few decades, the older version/original text written in bamboo was discovered. Most of the texts were identical to the common established version except for a few words. The old interpretation that the text was written by multiple authors or years after the the death of Confucius was once fashionable in the early 20th century: there were huge debates for years that descended into vicious personal attacks between some of the most prominent Chinese scholars.
Is there anywhere I can read about this?
I congratulate you on your command of your subject matter and the gentle way you deliver it..
Excellent video. So very interesting and well presented. Thank you.
This is such a wonderful and lucid introduction - very well done indeed! One little correction though, mainly related to the image selected for the way of the Celestial Masters (or Zhengyi Orthodox Unity school) - the image at 20:35 is of the seven perfected Masters of the Quanzhen lineage (or Complete Reality School) being taught by Wang Chongyang.
It's fascinating that this kind of thinking pervades, or act as a basis of, all religions. Personally, I like the similar expression that appear in the Vedic concept of Ṛta. Ṛta (sometimes translated as "order") is actually come from the same root as "ṛtu" the word for 'season'. And as season come and goes without force and bring order to all being, human's action ought to behave in the same manner: without force and in alignment with nature. All of the similar explanations or expressions lead me to think that religion or life-philosophy (for a lack of a better word) stem from a common origin - whatever that is. Not sure if this might be considered as perennialism or not.
Nice catch! That's a good comparison actually. Yes that does sound like a kind of perennialism :) Although perennialism doesn't necessarily say that they all have a common "origin" but that they are all expressions of the same absolute truth. Nothing wrong with that though. I fall into those tendencies myself sometime :)
I really appreciate your channel. And your work. Thank you
Congratulations on your presentations a job done very well on all expects, thank you for spreading light to humanity with intelligent and a modest attitude!
Keep up the good work you are respected and appreciated.
Another outstanding video , very concise and informative. Chinses philosophy/religion can be quite confusing for Westerners, you sir have a talent of explaining difficult concepts to the laity.
'They who see action in inaction and inaction in action are indeed sages' Bhagvad gita.
Good comparison...And only hindu philosophy can be used as comparison or as refference because of the depth similarity...while abrahamic at that time consider 10 commandments are the ultimate teaching, asian so called "religion" has already search into mind and psycology of individual and the universe.
@@Alexander-rg2wb Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Great video! Theological discussion done very well. I am officially subscribed now.
Really nice overview, well articulated!!
It is a faith of more closure, clarity, answering, and focus
The similar themes between Daoism and Stoicism are very interesting. I feel attracted to both these ways of life!
Daoism, Stoicism and Bhuddism
@@kuyab9122 Yes, agreed! Especially Zen Buddhism.
I am so grateful you have the interest and the support to share your knowledge ... it seems to teach in basic .form to live in the present moment without judgment of your own self nor others...
Amazing! Thank you so much for such beautiful interestjng informative videos 🙏🙏🙏
Came across this video in a daoism Facebook group.
Personally, i felt it was really good introduction to Daoism.. I'd love to see you expand upon certain elements... Perhaps the Nei - yeh.
Thanks! :) Yes I'll probably do more videos on the subject
The Tao Te Ching was instrumental in breaking my brain, dissolving my attachments to goodness and badness, rightness and wrongness; it has brought me so much peace and resilience.
Great job, Rich info! Thank you
Another great teaching Mr. Holm!
Great video on a fascinating subject, congratulations! Daoism to me is trully the Way all creatures should follow.
The opening of the book (道可道非恒道) is nowadays interpreted more like as "A road, it is. Yet it is not (like a) path (you can walk on)". The first part has the form of x可x, which was an ancient idiomatic to say "It's the real deal, it'actually the proper stuff", while 恒 refers to "fixed, predetermined, laid down" with 恒道 referring to a real, hard-drawn road connecting two ends of a travel, and 非 being the negation. So, the meaning goes in the line of: "yeah, it's a road; you can walk on it, you can follow it, but it's not a road getting you from A to B."
i really enjoy your clips... spiritually very educational. Thanks for your efforts.. 👍
I enjoyed your interpretation of dao. Ive always understood it as a combination of the path you walk through life and the attitude/headspace/morality you have while walking it. In my head i see it as a someones moral compass guiding them down a road.
I don’t know if this is a good example, but the way I would describe the difference between Western thought and Chinese thought is:
A Western fisherman finds himself in competition with a cormorant, so he kills the cormorant.
A Chinese fisherman finds himself in competition with a cormorant, so he trains the cormorant to catch fish for him.
To me that sums up Wu-Wei and Taoism.
Thank you for your great knowledge & clarity!
Excellent work. Great content, pleasant and interesting voice and manner. 👍👍👍👍👍
as a chinese daoist i can tell you that there is really no clear line between book daoism (philosophical daoism) and religious daoism
oh and at least for us religious daoism really isn't anything different from chinese folk religion. it's really one in the same.
i mean you can really see that "go with the flow" attitude in our temples. usually if there aren't clergy around, there's at least a bunch of elderly who sit around relaxing, and are happy to guide any followers on the rites if they are unsure. it can get REALLY confusing.
given that many daoists also worship the buddha as a deity-teacher-thing, the line with buddhism is also not very clear. it's not uncommon to see chinese go to both buddhist and daoist temples for services, where i'm from even hindu temples are open to daoists - it's not really perceived as a different religion, it's honestly something like Interpretatio Graeca
all that alchemy stuff and medicine can honestly be classed as more cultural than religious, but it is in all seriousness just taken as a natural extension of daoist philosophy, albeit to a supernatural level
@GG GG confucius is just one philosopher out of many
he's not the focus of daoism
in fact, he's the opposite, confucianism's strict rule-based thought is in direct opposition with the go-with-the-flow philosophy of daoism
Im loving this channel.
What a great video, thank you so very much sir!
I've recommended this video to enough people up by now to understand what I believe that I think I have to thank you.
Thanks a million Philip keep doing what you do and I'll keep watching!
since I read the Tao Te King as a youngster I have been fascinated by it (as with the path of Buddha). I guess I will have to follow your advice and explore the Zhuangzi text
As they are the most peaceful to humanity/mankind, based on unconditional love, peace, compassion, mercy to all beings. Not a dogma based on evil carrots and punishments
@@timetoreason181 this is just a small comment you made but i totally agree with this, there was one almost sleepless night i had where i tackled my disagreements on how god on christianity tackled its sinners and its followers and most of it i find very distasteful and cruel, so what i did is i turned my back on it and decided i will find that one form of religion that i believe is something i can totally agree with. after all they're a ton of religions out there waiting for someone to dive deep with. besides many people had believed it... why can't i?
Daoism Buddhism Hinduism
A very nice introduction, which we see similarity in its content when compared to Advaita (non dualism), work without attachment (from Sri bagavath Geetaji) of sanathan dharmam.
Excellent as always
This was a really good video, thanks!
Thank you :) I'm quite pleased with it myself, actually. Glad you like it too!
One of my favorite books, “The Tao of Pooh”, by Benjamin Hoff. 👍
yes-- I have reread my copy a few times, and also like "The Te of Piglet" that Hoff wrote later.
Fascinating. I like the stories of the Eight Immortals.
I congratulations you on your wonderful knowledge of the subject just amazing for someone so young. I am a old 76 year old woman and still have many questions and always looking for more understanding
Nice Video. I really appreciated it. Thanks!
Nepal has mixed Buddhism and Hinduism. The first few times l visited there it was kind of disconcerting to my western mind which has always been conditioned to think in terms of distinct categories for everything. Thanks for the lesson Nepal 👍
I know ancestor worship or viewing the dead as deities for lack of a better term is a common practice in what we refer to as Chinese folk religion, so I wonder if that makes it less surprising that Laozi, and others, would be worshipped as a deity by Daoists today. If the natural assumption is that the spirits of the ancestors are alive and should be shown honor, you would expect for Daoists to do so with the most important figures in Daoism.
Good points!
The Taiwanese folk religion (could be considered a branch of Chinese folk religion) doesn't focus on and have no interest in Laozi's philosophy, its central belief is the consistency of the incense and fire which are the symbol of the succession of ancestors and the divinity from the homeland.
Ancestral worship, Chinese folk religion and Daoism are three distinct practices, altho they may share practicioners. Ancestral worship has a long history, it became closely integrated with Confucianism. Daosim has little to do with that.
Your discussions is more helpful than all the books that I read about “Lao - Tze”
Thank you for your channel!!!🤩
¿Could you do a video on hermetics?
Thank you for your videos. Can you also make one on Hermeticism?
He has...
Thank you very much for this interesting discussion.
Thanks for such a well-informed and balanced view of Daoism
Explanations like this often overlook the surprisingly heavy political emphasis in Dao De Jing. It really hammers in the idea of a small isolationist state that keeps its population rural and ignorant. This is a reason to believe the author (of those sections) was indeed a disillusioned courtier. For me, it's also a reason to examine different aspects of the Daoist system of thought more critically.
Wu wei is an ant-iintellectual term of art
Good to know. Thank you for bringing that perspective to light.
@@george221999在中国，无为发展到禅宗就解决它内部的矛盾。
accept the flow☯️
Wow, love this channel!!!
Very helpful. Thank you. More taoist material would be terrific
👍 good video
I was told that the Taoist pantheon of gods was added due to a sense of competition with the other two religions. There is definitely a sense of humor in the stories about the Taoist gods.
Another great video,thank you sir
Had a valuable chance to see the videos on Daoism - there are definitely another 3 titles. I like when - your language for explanation - soars and has to struggle - to find earth again. It happened in a video of a Sufi thinker, as well. Methinks, it was the heart affected with highest inspiration and the love that rose - overwhelmingly - even invisibly. Words - almost then - dissolve and silence comes - to wait in awe - at the innermost, coming revelation. Maybe more of us - should then meditate - on this Voice Real and obey - in Grace. Thank you.
The Sufi mentioned but not named - was Ibn Arabi.
There's clearly a distinction between Laotzu and his teachings vs later established religion. He's supposedly a dude who left civilization to live simply. The religion is everything he didn't advocate.
Jesus + modern Christianity in all its forms 🤷♀️ you can apply a similar argument to most religions
@@k2990j Agreed ..just as Jesus has almost nothing to do with the church and christian...
Respects! Please share some african religions too
I like one phrase you said: we build our (the illusion of our) egos by addressing opposites. I wasnt sure what it meant, but for me the revelation that we BUILD the ego, rather than CONTEND with it. In a way it gives me a tool to diminish my efforts to build it. A very strong ego is a formidable opponent. I like the idea that I have a tool to WEAKEN it!
It’s an interesting, inspiring video. Gj making it
Can you or have you done a video on Tengrism?
You should check out the book, "Greek Buddha", it goes into evidence for how Lao Tzu and the Buddha were the same.
Everything from etymology, to Philosophy, to anthropology, etc.
Pretty fascinating.
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job.
The pictures are so beautiful.
How is the wind described here any different from the wind in Rumi's reed-flute?
I lived in Qing Dao, China several years. Shandong Province was the birthplace of both Lao Tzu and Confucius. The landscape is dotted with Dao meditation shrines.There seems to be a Catch 22 element to Chinese philosophy. There seems to be a view similar to the Doctrine of many Ways found in the middle East. It is possible Lao Tzu was more real than General Tso, or his alleged chicken.
What was life like there?
What WAYS in the middle east are you referring me? Did you mean Pakistan and India? Because the Middle East is mostly Abrahamic religions, mostly bring Muslims
Thanks for your rich if superficial exploration of many religions and faith based traditions.
This gem is at the top of the list of my favorite books.
You should do a video about the syncretism between Daoism abd Buddhism. I can see how they became unified after watching this video. They are quite similar.
Gneee...
Not quite
They have very opposite views of the world...
As an old saying goes:
Buddha, Confucius and Lao tse met to try some beverage.
Buddha found it too bitter.
Confucius found it insipid.
Lao tse thought It was alright, sweet even.
This explains their world views.
Buddha's view of the world Is rather pessimistic, you must cease to exist to find true peace.
Confucius hated how the world around him was, supposedly, chaotic. He preached for laws and strict rules.
Lao tse instead taught people that the world is fine, It's our minds that see it as painful or chaotic.
You must flow with Life and find joy in the simple things, the world Is fine the way it Is.
It's the exact opposite of buddhism.
The two schools were bitter rivals in the old times.
Sometimes bloody deeds happened too.
It was thanks to the chinese people themselves, not the elites, philosophers and holy men, that the religions achieved harmony.
Cause, besides some people who had the luxury to focus on One school of thought, most people had no time for that.
The same happened in Japan and in the rest of Asia.
Everyone likes Buddha, but not everyone Is into leaving their families and works in the farm to become a monk.
@@hermescarraro3393 bro you are talking like total taoism is tao te ching and complete Buddhism is just four fold path taught by buddha
Simply beautiful video. May Allah bless u a healthy, contented LONG LIFE.😍
@DEFEND THE TRUTH - WITH LOVE
Take care of your own soul. Let others live. Plz🙏
Thank you for applying light to a subject most westerners know nothing about. Expertly done.
Great presentation - thanks!
Tibetan Buddhism and Bön Religion are a bottomless topic. Waiting Let's talk about religion to decide take a dive into it.
The bottomless pits are the most interesting places to be.